ISO 26262
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ISO 26262 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited ISO 26262 over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 696 857 1056
Rank change year-on-year +161 +199 -322
Permanent jobs citing ISO 26262 45 219 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.18% 0.033%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.57% 0.99% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 30 53 14
10th Percentile £47,500 £35,125 £49,975
25th Percentile £52,500 £44,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £49,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.39% -21.60% +47.06%
75th Percentile £71,000 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,625 £68,640 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,500 £49,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +19.39% -21.60% +47.06%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

ISO 26262 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,856 22,053 20,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.76% 17.79% 15.61%
Number of salaries quoted 5,764 11,814 12,559
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,968 £42,500 £40,317
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +2.42%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -3.06%

ISO 26262
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ISO 26262 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ISO 26262 in the UK

ISO 26262
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ISO 26262.

Salary trend for ISO 26262 in the UK

ISO 26262
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO 26262 over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for ISO 26262 in the UK

ISO 26262
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISO 26262 within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +159 45 £58,500 +19.39% 68
UK excluding London +74 45 £58,500 +19.39% 68
West Midlands +34 33 £59,000 +20.41% 35
Midlands +21 33 £59,000 +20.41% 40
Work from Home +259 23 £59,500 -0.83% 26
South East +127 8 - - 14
North East - 4 £55,000 - 1
North of England - 4 £55,000 - 1

ISO 26262
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (51.11%) Simulink
2 7 (15.56%) CANalyzer
3 5 (11.11%) Stateflow
4 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (4.44%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.22%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.11%) FlexRay
1 5 (11.11%) J1939
2 3 (6.67%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 8 (17.78%) JIRA
2 4 (8.89%) CANoe
3 1 (2.22%) Artifactory
3 1 (2.22%) Bitbucket
3 1 (2.22%) CMake
3 1 (2.22%) GCC
3 1 (2.22%) Git
3 1 (2.22%) GitLab
3 1 (2.22%) Polyspace
3 1 (2.22%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (2.22%) Subversion
3 1 (2.22%) VectorCAST
General
1 44 (97.78%) Automotive
2 31 (68.89%) Electronics
3 15 (33.33%) Manufacturing
4 6 (13.33%) Finance
4 6 (13.33%) Marketing
4 6 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 6 (13.33%) Telecoms
5 4 (8.89%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (6.67%) Social Skills
7 2 (4.44%) Law
8 1 (2.22%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 24 (53.33%) Senior
2 17 (37.78%) Embedded Engineer
3 11 (24.44%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 9 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 9 (20.00%) Software Engineer
5 7 (15.56%) Electronics Engineer
5 7 (15.56%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 7 (15.56%) Systems Engineer
6 6 (13.33%) Lead
7 5 (11.11%) Design Engineer
8 4 (8.89%) Architect
8 4 (8.89%) Quality Engineer
8 4 (8.89%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 4 (8.89%) Senior Software Engineer
8 4 (8.89%) Software Architect
9 3 (6.67%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
9 3 (6.67%) Hardware Design Engineer
9 3 (6.67%) Hardware Engineer
9 3 (6.67%) Senior Design Engineer
9 3 (6.67%) Senior Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (15.56%) Algorithms
2 7 (15.56%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (6.67%) Infotainment
4 2 (4.44%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.44%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.22%) CAN bus
5 1 (2.22%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.44%) Android
1 2 (4.44%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (37.78%) Software Engineering
3 13 (28.89%) Validation
4 11 (24.44%) Software Architecture
5 9 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
5 9 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
6 7 (15.56%) Software Testing
7 6 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (13.33%) Digital Marketing
7 6 (13.33%) FMEA
7 6 (13.33%) Programme Management
7 6 (13.33%) Project Management
8 5 (11.11%) Agile
8 5 (11.11%) CAD
8 5 (11.11%) Design for Test
8 5 (11.11%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
8 5 (11.11%) Mathematical Modelling
8 5 (11.11%) Process Management
8 5 (11.11%) Requirements Management
8 5 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 24 (53.33%) MATLAB
2 21 (46.67%) C
3 7 (15.56%) R
4 5 (11.11%) Embedded C
5 3 (6.67%) C++
5 3 (6.67%) Python
6 2 (4.44%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (35.56%) Automotive SPICE
2 12 (26.67%) MISRA
3 9 (20.00%) AUTOSAR
3 9 (20.00%) QA
4 4 (8.89%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 1 (2.22%) DO-178B
5 1 (2.22%) JTAG
System Software
1 3 (6.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (22.22%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (13.33%) SAP
2 5 (11.11%) EMC
3 4 (8.89%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.44%) Cadence
4 2 (4.44%) Lauterbach